UCI Track Champions League 2023: Switzerland’s Claudio Imhof on his title defence: “There are 17 rivals this year.”

No rider is more excited for the Track Champions League to get started than reigning men’s endurance champion, Claudio Imhof.

“Last year was out of this world, what I was able to experience,” he tells Eurosport, ahead of the opening round in Mallorca. “I’ve been waiting all year to get back to the Champions League.”

The Swiss star is one of several riders to have competed in every series since it began in 2021.

“It gets more special every year,” Imhof says.